The IRS says that due to a computer crash, email correspondence that could possibly incriminate the Internal Revenue Service is…

Colorado is seeing GREEN. Both kinds. And lots of it. The legal marijuana-market is far exceeding the $70 million annual…

Republicans often claim that tax cuts, particularly for the wealthy, will boost the economy so much that they will pay…

$1.47 trillion, the amount collected this fiscal year in taxes, is the highest amount of taxes ever collected in one…

Predicting your financial future is hard. Markets tank, rates go up, and kids play 52 card pick up with your…

As Congress and the President have argued how to handle the federal deficit, disagreement invariably arises over raising taxes. While…

As the extent of the negative health effects of cigarette smoking dawned on the American population over the past few…

Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget supposedly cuts federal government spending by $5.1 trillion over the next ten years. However, this slash…

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) claims to be the largest voluntary membership group of state legislators in the country,…

In our aversion to anything that could mean higher taxes or income redistribution, Americans sell themselves short in attaining popular…

While not exactly your high school's prom king and queen, certain government agencies maintain much higher levels of popularity than…

In 2016, about 4 million people are projected to pay the Obamacare individual mandate tax. Nearly 70 percent of those…

Under proposals, tax-based student aid would go to the low- and modest-income families and individuals who most struggle with college…

Low-income students still attend college at lower rates than high-income students. The lowest-income students are only one-seventh as likely as…

With the national average price for regular gasoline at $3.55, many Americans bemoan the high prices at the pump. There…

Proposal Two is an attempt to preserve the benefits of Proposal One while addressing its potential shortcomings. Both recommendations improve…

This chart shows the value of tax-based student aid by income category before and after the changes in Proposal One…

Since the late 90's, tax-based student aid has more than quadrupled and now represents more than half of all non-loan…

The taxing of items purchased over the internet is widely unsupported by young people, but more than half the country…

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has secretly lobbied for the adoption of its corporate-backed bills and tracked them for…

History has proven that properly regulated Main Street market economies ensure that the middle class flourishes, and wealth distribution is…

Wall Street's forty-year campaign has recently allowed corporate profits to soar, while high unemployment looms for Americans. Real community wealth…

Currently, tax-based student aid provides less benefit to low-income students than high-income students. It is important that we improve how…

94% of Americans regularly watch news media, and 57% of Democratic voters and 53% of Republican voters felt they encountered…